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TheRonRaffertyFanClub
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The national women's side lost a pre-Olympics training game to a team of under-15 boys by 7 goals to nil.

Admittedly this was not the Matildas first choice eleven but it says something about the true standard of women's football and why it cannot be compared to the men's game. Australia are apparently still amongst the favourites for gold in Rio.

[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3609949/Matildas-lose-7-0-Newcastle-Jets-15s-Rio-Olympics-warm-up.html[/url]


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'Pay us the same money'

'Give us the same coverage'


Yeah, right....
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Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub
The national women's side lost a pre-Olympics training game to a team of under-15 boys by 7 goals to nil.

Admittedly this was not the Matildas first choice eleven but it says something about the true standard of women's football and why it cannot be compared to the men's game. Australia are apparently still amongst the favourites for gold in Rio.

[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3609949/Matildas-lose-7-0-Newcastle-Jets-15s-Rio-Olympics-warm-up.html[/url]


It is only one isolated result but the point is still pretty valid.


Nothing against the Women's game at all but suggesting its anywhere even close to the standard of the men's is frankly laughable.



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Most men do not go to watch womens football for the standard of play,

Sorry  


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Bit like when Bobby Riggs (1939 Wimbledon Champion) thrashed Billie Jean King in the 70s despite having been an old codger whose pomp was before the war.

As long as there's a physical element, women will struggle against men on purely physiological grounds.  

Nothing wrong with ladies' footy; enjoy it in its own right and let's have as many girls and boys playing football as possible, but on a professional level let's not go along with this charade that they're somehow equal to the top-level men's game.
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I enjoy watching women playing sport but they will never be on par with men,

Any contact or physical game would be won every time by the men,

The only sport where women play against men is when they are sat on a horse,

BUT

Watching top class women compete is just as exciting as watching men,

Well maybe not quite as exciting.


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It was never intended or expected that women's football would compete with men. Their game has developed well and the quality has improved, unfortunately they cannot seem to find goalkeepers, they are often too easily beaten.
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It was never intended or expected that women's football would compete with men. Their game has developed well and the quality has improved, unfortunately they cannot seem to find goalkeepers, they are often too easily beaten.


...especially if Stan Collymore's also playing.
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Who's compared the men's and women's games or asked for the same pay or coverage? TV is hardly deluged with women's football so if you don't like it don't watch it.
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What a load of BS on this thread.

So if Andy Murray played and thrashed Serena Williams, does that mean Serena isn't a great tennis player?  

If Jessica Ennis enters the men's decathlon at the Olympics and came last, does that mean she isn't a great athlete?

Paula Radcliffe was the world record holder in the marathon and possibly the greatest GB distance runner of all time but her time was still slower than some top club runners.

In case you hadn't noticed, women are physically different from men.  It is stupid to say a women's sport is lesser than the male version just because men will invariably win vs women.
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